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1864WRCAM47423London 1864. 162pp. Folio. String-tied as issued. A bit tanned some small chips at the edges. Very good. The Thomas W. Streeter copy with his pencil notes on the titlepage. This House of Commons working paper is a continuation of their return dated July 10 1863 on the subject of constructing a telegraph line to British Columbia and the Pacific. The Hudson's Bay Company unsurprisingly was intimately involved in the machinations for the building of the line. They had made an agreement with the Canadian government to build the telegraph line from the Red River to the Pacific themselves but when they failed to do so a group of English bankers proposed to step in and do the job. The papers included herein provide much information on the qualities of the land between Lake Superior and British Columbia and the need for swift communication throughout and across the vast region. Also included is a memorial from the people of the Red River Settlement discussing their urgent need for the telegraph. <br> <br> The Streeter copy sold to Nebenzahl for $30 in 1969 and was still in his stock when the Reese Company bought the last of it in 2013; here it is. STREETER SALE 3436 this copy. SOLIDAY I:1207. LOWTHER 228. unknown books
1972220810n.p.: the Committee 1972. 8.5x14 inch mimeographed handbill horizontal fold crease some toning. Signatories to the call are listed as Communist Party of Canada M-L; Communist Party of Quebec M-L; American Communist Workers Movement M-L; Association of Communist Workers Louisville Ky.; Red Collective New Orleans La.; Red Star Tampa Fla.; and the Communist League. the Committee unknown books
1864WRCAM51979London: Religious Tract Society 1864. viii370pp. plus two maps one folding and six pages of advertisements. Original green publisher's cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Front hinge cracked boards slightly rubbed. Binder's ticket on rear pastedown. Light tanning and dustsoiling at text block edges. Very good plus. A scarce mid-19th century description and guide to Canada with several chapters on the colonial history of the country its commercial attractions and its native inhabitants. TPL 9165. LOWTHER 225. SABIN 8114. Religious Tract Society hardcover books
16532969Macerata: : Heirs of Agostino Grisei 1653. FIRST EDITION. . Quarto: . 21.5 x 15.5 cm. 4 8 pp. 9-10 ll. 11-127 1 pp. Collation: π2 A4 B4 ±B1.2 C-Q4 Bound in 17th c. limp sheepskin parchment. With a large woodcut Jesuit device on the title page woodcut initial and a factotum built up from fleurons. There is a neatly written contemporary inscription of a Roman Jesuit library on the title page; some leaves foxed or lightly browned; there is a minor ink stain on two leaves. In all a nice genuine copy with generous margins. FIRST EDITION of one of the most important eyewitness accounts of 17th-century Canada devoted primarily to the Huron Indians but also with accounts of other groups including the Jesuit author’s captivity and mutilation under the Iroquois. He also devotes 25 pages to a 1643 letter written by his Jesuit colleague Isaac Jogues 1607-1646 who was killed by the Mohawks. Bressani 1612-1672 an Italian Jesuit travelled to Canada as a missionary in 1642. After two years in Quebec and with the Algonquins on the St. Lawrence River he set off for the most distant outposts the missions on Lake Huron’s Georgian Bay deep in the interior. He was captured by the Iroquois who cut off his fingers and eventually sold him to the Dutch who helped him reach France. He returned to Canada in 1645 participated in peace talks with the Iroquois and finally reached the Huron missions where he remained until the Iroquois destroyed them in 1649 killing most of the Hurons and missionaries. On his return to Europe in 1650 he wrote the present Italian account. A riveting eyewitness account of Canadian Indians and Jesuits in the 1640s. Alden & Landis 653/15; De Backer & Sommervogel II col. 133; Walter Jesuit relations 43; Church 524; James Ford Bell Lib. B-407; JCB II p. 428; Lande Canadiana 57; McCoy Jesuit relations 82; Sabin 7734; not in Eberstadt; Streeter. Heirs of Agostino Grisei, unknown books
1982228841982. Softcover. VG- spine wrinkled. Light blue wraps. 303 pp. 124 bw plates. Text by Mimi Cazort and Catherine Johnston. unknown books
291190hardcover. near fine. 220 full-color photographs. 261 pages. Folio red cloth. Ottawa Canada: McClelland and Stewart Limited 1976. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> Text in English and French.<br/><br/> unknown books
19761317234Ottawa: Production de L'Office National du Film du Canada 1976. Hardcover. Folio; VG/; Presentation edition; Hardcover enclosed in a royal blue slipcase with picture of Canadian flag ; red spine with gold text; Boards have minor white marks but have solid binding and are clean; Text block is clean and legible; 261p. 1317234. FP New Rockville Stock. Production de L'Office National du Film du Canada hardcover books
173814194Amsterdam: Herman Uytwerf 1738. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Two volumes pp. xiv 370 6; 430 6 with six folding plates and a folding map. Modern full-leather with marbled endpapers. Title pages clipped at upper and lower edges; damage with losses to three plates repairs to back of map; all else very good. Le Beau was transported from France to Quebec in 1729 probably on a charge of libertinism. According to his own account he was appointed a clerk in the Beaver Office and then chief clerk in the King's warehouses. Bored and depressed he stole gunpowder from the warehouses and set off for New England. A warrant for his arrest was issued but he escaped encountering many perils natural and human before he reached Boston and eventually sailed for Holland. His ensuing work on his adventures in North America includes much detail on Huron Iroquois and Algonquin customs but its style has been dubbed fanciful. Howes L-167 describes the work as "a basically veracious narrative from competent authorities though somewhat romanticised." The Dictionary of Canadian Biography argues that Le Beau "deserves credit for painting an exact picture of the customs and character of the Canadians" noting that "the best chapters are those that discuss the habits of beaver and the religious ideas of the Indians." Siebert #14; Field 229; Sabin 39582. Herman Uytwerf hardcover books
1745WRCAM51842Paris 1745. 2pp. on a folded sheet. In French. Previously folded. Two small holes along folds of blank leaf. Light foxing and tanning. Very good. An entertaining letter written in 1745 by French minister Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux Comte de Maurepas to scientist Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau at Versailles requesting on behalf of Gilles Hocquart the Intendant of New France in Canada that new thermometers and other scientific instruments be sent to Quebec. The author notes that although the old thermometers were graded to measure temperatures down to -15° on the Réaumur scale it had in fact only recently been -27° or -28°. Even if the thermometers had been able to measure temperatures that low according to Maurepas the cold had caused the measuring liquid inside the instruments to separate permanently rendering them useless in any event. He therefore asks that four new Réaumur thermometers capable of measuring down to - 35° be sent along with several astronomical instruments for making navigational observations. unknown books
1721WRCAM13347Paris 1721. 4pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Light soiling. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree concerning the importation of Canadian beaver pelts into France. This is a variant of the issue listed by Wroth; OCLC locates only one copy at Harvard which appears to be Wroth 890. Not in EUROPEAN AMERICANA. Rare. <br> <br> From the library of Cardinal Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne 1727-94 Minister of Louis XVI Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française Brienne wielded significant power as as head of the Finance Ministry which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 presumably as an attempt to save his life. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 890 ref. MAGGS FRENCH COLONIZATION OF AMERICA 224 this copy. OCLC 70682396 ref. unknown books
1803WRCAM31186London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1803. 3pp. Two folio leaves. Split at fold chipped around edges dampstain on lower edge tape- repair on center fold. Good only. This act of Parliament addresses the issue of crimes committed in the British-controlled Pacific Northwest and specifically in Indian Territories. It provides that those who commit offenses in Indian Territories should be tried in the same manner as if the crimes occurred in the provinces of Lower or Upper Canada. The act also allows the governor of Lower Canada to empower Justices for the Indian Territories. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown books
1774WRCAM11950London 1774. pp.1899-1904. Folio. Dbd. Very good. with: AN ACT FOR AMENDING AND EXPLAINING AN ACT. London. 1775. pp.1227-29. Folio. Dbd. Very good. These acts proposed to pay for the court system in Quebec and Canada by putting a duty on hard liquor and charging licensing fees. unknown books
182647476Montreal: Imprime´ chex James Lane 1826. 46 pp. with the errata slip. 1 vols. 8vo. Stitched in modern plain wrappers. A fine copy of a scarce and important Canadian pamphlet. 46 pp. with the errata slip. 1 vols. 8vo. Excerpts from a journal and letters written during a trip to the United States in 1819. This serves as a sequel to Viger's "Considerations sur les effets qu'ont produit en Canada la conservations des etablissemens du pays les mœurs l'education etc. de ses habitans." 1809. Sabin 10350; Gagnon I: 111; TPL 1190 Imprime´ chex James Lane unknown books
1840WRCAM19322N.p. 1840. Watercolor on stiff paper. 27.2 x 20.8 cm. With a rather unobtrusive 7 cm. tear through the lower left quadrant. Contemporary manuscript title on verso "An American Cutter." Overall a fine image. A handsome unsigned watercolor depicting a single-horse sleigh pulling a clever-looking American trapper with hunting dog barely keeping up. A lively image probably a Canadian scene very displayable. unknown books
188554657Montreal: Canada Railway News Co 1885. 8vo pp. xvi 208 10 209-400 1 xviii-xxiv; 4 folding maps Saratoga Niagara Falls Lower St. Lawrence River and Boston in place of the White Mountains and without the panorama of the St. Lawrence 1 other wood-engraved map in the text Chicago plus numerous wood-engraved illustrations throughout many full page; original blue and gilt pictorial wrappers bound in contemporary limp black cloth manuscript labels on upper cover and spine bookplate of John S. Emory Boston; very good and sound. A number of editions were published but only 2 of this one in OCLC both in Canada. <br/><br/> Canada Railway News Co hardcover books
1995527321995. Canada. All Canada Weekly Summaries Third Series. Ontario: Canada Law Book Inc. Index Vols. 1 to 72 in 18 books 1987-1997. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettered black spine labels. Ex-corporate law library very good. Publisher's Price $1188. Special $195. A weekly Service of Case Summaries in Civil Matters. Provides timely coverage of civil cases from across Canada presenting the salient points of cases from every jurisdiction in Canada including cases that are never reported and are difficult to obtain from any other source. unknown books
1986236219Toronto: Animal Liberation Front Support Group 1986. Newspaper. 11p. tabloid newspaper paper browned creased horizontally as issued else good condition 11.5x17 inches. Reports of various ALF direct actions & communiqués. Animal Liberation Front Support Group unknown books
1890319445Newfoundland and Labrador 1890. 91 photographs. Most photos measure 4 x 5 inches. A few captioned in manuscript on verso. Black cloth spine perished. 91 photographs. Most photos measure 4 x 5 inches. A few captioned in manuscript on verso. The images include several aboard ship and arriving at the dock as well as images along the river and campsite including scenic views as well as images of the unidentified travellers. Other Humber River images depict villages salmon fishing with women participating including one holding a rifle. A number of photos depict indigenous peoples possibly Inuit Innu Mi'kng or So. Innit of Nu nath Kavut. The travellers must have taken another passage north with images of Labrador cliffs and even an iceberg. unknown books
1967vas5237Downsview Ont.: De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. Revised to 6 June 1967. PSM-1-6-1. Quarto stiff printed wrappers iii 38 10 7 3 7 1 43 4 pp. Diagrams charts. Near-Fine. De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd., Revised to 6 June 1967. PSM-1-6-1. unknown books
197249558Toronto: Women's Liberation 1972. First Edition. Quarto 28cm; mimeographed sheets printed on variously-colored stock and stapled at upper left corner; 28pp. Fine. April 1972 issue of the Toronto Women's Liberation Newsletter with announcements of meetings and events a directory for the women's liberation movement in Toronoto reprints of articles from other publications alongside original content on divorce childcare lesbians coming out to family members with coverage of a rally to support Angela Davis et al. Women's Liberation unknown books
1881WRCAM30264AMontreal: John Lovell & Son 1881. 219pp. plus large folding color map. Original printed wrappers. Minor wear to wrappers three-inch closed tear in map. Contemporary stamp of the U.S. Geological Survey Library on titlepage. Internally clean. Very good. Issued by the Nelsen Valley Railway Transportation Company this pamphlet and map advertise a new route to the middle of North America. The route marked by a heavy red line takes potential passengers through Hudson's Strait to Churchill Harbor Canada then south by train to the United States border in northern Minnesota. PEEL 448. John Lovell & Son unknown books
1795E0029<b>Samuel Hearne was the first European to make an overland excursion across northern Canada to the Arctic Ocean</b><br /><br />xliv458 pages with two of four engraved plates after drawings by the author both folding and four of five folding engraved maps. Quarto 11 3/4" x 9 3/4" bound in full leather with raised spine bands and gilt lettering to spine. HillI page 141. Sabin 31181 First edition.<br /><br />Manuscript journal was found by La Pérouse when he captured Fort Albany; later one of his conditions of surrender was that it be published. Samuel Hearne 1745 – November 1792 was an explorer fur-trader author and naturalist. He was the first European to make an overland excursion across northern Canada to the Arctic Ocean In 1774 Hearne built Cumberland House for the Hudson's Bay Company its first interior trading post and the first permanent settlement in present Saskatchewan. From 1769 to 1772 Hearne was employed in north-western discovery searching especially for certain copper mines described by Indians as "Far-Away-Metal River". These copper mines were found in the Barren Lands where the ground is permanently frozen to within a few inches of the surface creating in many areas vast stretches of mosquito- and fly-infested swamp during the summer thaw. For this reason it was decided that travel in winter was preferable. His first attempt began on 6 November 1769. The large size of the expedition and too much European equipment being carried led to the desertion of his Indian guides and the failure of the expedition. His second commencing 23 February 1770 failed because his quadrant was broken and much of his equipment was stolen. Learning from the mistakes of the first two expeditions Hearne contrived to travel as the only European with a group of Indians led by the great chief Matonabbee. The group also included eight of Matonabbee's wives to act as beasts of burden in the sledge traces camp servants and cooks. This third expedition set out in December 1770 in order to reach the Coppermine River in summer by which he could descend to the Arctic in canoes. Matonabbee kept a fast pace so fast they reached the great caribou traverse before provisions dwindled and in time for the spring hunt. Here all the Indian hunters of the north gathered to hunt the vast herds of caribou migrating north for summer. A store of meat was laid up for Hearne's voyage and a band of warriors joined the expedition. Matonabbee ordered the women to wait for his return in the Athabasca country to the west. The Chipewyans were generally a mild and peaceful people however they were in a state of conflict with the Inuit. A great number of Indians joined Hearne's party to accompany them to the Coppermine River with intent to murder Inuit who were understood to frequent that river in considerable numbers.2 On July 14 1771 they reached the Coppermine River a small stream flowing over a rocky bed in the "Barren Lands of the Little Sticks". A few miles down the river just above a cataract were the domed wigwams of an Eskimo camp. At 1am on July 17 1771 Matonabbee and the other Indians fell upon the sleeping Eskimo in a ruthless massacre. Approximately twenty men women and children were killed; this would be known as the Massacre at Bloody Falls. A few days later Hearne was the first European to reach the shore of the Arctic Ocean by an overland route. By tracing the Coppermine River to the Arctic Ocean he had established there was no northwest passage through the continent at lower latitudes. This expedition also proved successful in its primary goal by discovering copper in the Coppermine River basin. However an intensive search of the area yielded only one four-pound lump of copper and commercial mining was not considered viable. Matonabbee led Hearne back to Churchill by a wide westward circle past Bear Lake in Athabasca Country. In midwinter he became the first European to see and cross Great Slave Lake. Hearne returned to Fort Prince of Wales on 30 June 1772 having walked some 5000 miles and explored more than 250000 square miles.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Rebound in attractive leather with raised spine bands. Lacks frontispiece map and two plates. Plate I A North West View of Prince of Wales's Fort and Plate IV A Winter view of the Athapuscow Lake. Some internal spotting. Small repair to title page and verso and front free end paper edge else a better than very good copy. Printed for A Strahan and T Cadell hardcover books
1909WRCAM51980Winnipeg 1909. 301pp. plus numerous plates and two large folded maps. Olive publisher's cloth. Maps in portfolio tipped onto rear pastedown. Light shelf wear text moderately tanned. Very good. "Prepared for the 79th annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 1909 with notes on some of the chief points to be visited on the western excursion." With articles on history commerce agriculture mining and other topics. PEEL 3254. hardcover books
19331119891933. Softcover. VG- some soiling to covers and page edges. Grey wraps. 20 pp. 8 bw plates. Catalogue of 242 works by many different artists with alphabetical listing of the artists and their work including prices. Includes 196 oils Black and White 197-229 Sculpture 230-242. These are followed by a short listing of an additional 69 smaller works by artist gordon Weber. paperback books
187823510Chicago Illinois: Not Published 1878. Group includes 3 letters on Canada Southern Railway Lines Chicago letterhead: January 3 from W.H. Hurlburt Gen'l Western Passenger Agent to A. Jackson 2 pages on smaller note-size sheets concerning some lands in which he had an interest - back payments taxes; on Jan. 11th larger paper 1 page the same property is being discussed naming other parties - of Oldrich Blanchard and a Mrs. Long - there was a 'consideration' of $ 10000.00 mentioned at the close; January 22 asking Jackson to communicate as Hurlburt is traveling - he is trying to wind up the legalities of the lands concerned; with a 1873 short note written to Jackson on the letterhead of David Dall Vessel Agent 241 South Water Street Chicago asking for his fees due for freight on a schooner signed by Dall; light wear old fold lines; in very good condition. According to the C.S.R. Line letterhead it was the "Only Route Through Canada Under American Management." At this point in its history the Vanderbilt family exercised control over this rail line. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
